The surprising legacy of Doris Day, why service changes the world. This is Dr. Jim Denison's

The Daily Article podcast for Tuesday, May 14th, 2019. Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff was born on April 3rd,

1922. Known to the world as Doris Day, she recorded 650 songs and appeared in 39 feature films. She was voted

top box office female star for four straight years during the 1960s. Her television appearances

spanned from 1949 to 2009. She received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Grammys and the

Academy Awards. In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

However, her death yesterday at the age of 97 was not announced by a Hollywood studio or record label.

It came from the Doris Day Animal Foundation.

She had a passion for animals that began in her teenage years and led to her creating the Doris Day Pet Foundation,

the Doris Day Animal League, and the Doris Day Horse Rescue and Adoption Center.

On the opposite side of the social spectrum, Christopher Smith grew up in Oakland, where he played

with a girl in his neighborhood named Loishe Lacey. Her first name was a combination of two words

from Nigerian dialects that in

English mean to love and life. Smith came from a dysfunctional family and spent time in foster care

before running with local gangs. On October 20, 1997, seeking to avenge the shooting of one of his

friends by a rival gang, he spotted a car he thought was driven

by one of his intended targets. He and three other gang members opened fire. He did not know that

Loishe was inside. He learned the next morning that he had killed his childhood friend.

Sentenced to 20 years to life, Smith began attending group meetings in prison. He told CNN that he

began examining his behavior

and the harm he had done. Once he held himself accountable for his actions and could forgive himself,

he says, I felt like now it could go from being an offender to being a servant. Then came the day in

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